Homeopathic Market Doesn't 'Disappear' – FDA Forced To Act

"This was an area that the agency thought was just going to disappear on its own," says Freddie Ann Hoffman, who chaired FDA homeopathic working group that helped develop CPG adopted in 1988 to allow sales of homeopathics to continue without pre-market approval.

Maryland USA. April 2018: Homeopathic drugs are in little bottles which sell in supermarket shelves.

The US Food and Drug Administration's recent changes in its homeopathic industry oversight react to growth the agency didn't anticipate when it adopted a policy guide three decades ago that set parameters for manufacturing and marketing the products.

"The agency has been looking at this over time. The agency has been noting the burgeoning increase in sale in...

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